Psalms - Chapter 129

Prayer of the Oppressed

¹ A Song of Ascents. "Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth," Let Israel now say --

² "Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

³ The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long."

⁴ The LORD [is] righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.

⁵ Let all those who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned back.

⁶ Let them be as the grass [on] the housetops, Which withers before it grows up,

⁷ With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms.

⁸ Neither let those who pass by them say, "The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD!"